German adjective · CEFR A2
ehrlich
Meaning in English: honest, honestly
Example
Sei ehrlich, gefällt dir mein Haarschnitt?
Be honest, do you like my haircut?
How common is ehrlich?
ehrlich is number 4,293 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 53,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,289Bewertungenreviews, ratings
- 4,290profitiertbenefits, profits
- 4,291Geflüchtetenrefugees
- 4,292niedrigerlower
- 4,293ehrlichhonest, honestly
- 4,294die Berichterstattungreporting, coverage
- 4,295digitalesdigital
- 4,296Nachteiledisadvantages, drawbacks
- 4,297dürfemay, be allowed (subjunctive I)
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- German A2 vocabulary#878
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